Upcoming Events
Congratulations to harpist Ann McLaughlin, one of the UNT Concerto Competition winners! Ann will perform St. Saens's Morceau de Concert with the UNT Symphony Orchestra in March 2012. Please check back for more information.
UNT Harpists in the News!
If you would like to attend and/or perform in our weekly harp masterclass (Mondays from 4:15-5:30 in MU297), please contact Dr. Jaymee Haefner at jaymee.haefner@unt.edu or 940-565-3739. Guests are always welcome to attend.
Dr. Jaymee Haefner
Jaymee Haefner’s performances have been described by Daniel Buckley as possessing “an air of dreamy lyricism… interlocking melody lines with the deftness of a dancer’s footwork.” Dr. Haefner joined the faculty at the University of North Texas in 2006 after serving on the faculty at Indiana University Southeast and the Arts Institute in New Albany, Indiana for three years. She was recently featured in a performance with Chamber Music International in Dallas and as a concerto soloist with the University of North Texas Symphony Orchestra. Jaymee Haefner has recorded with the Bloomington Pops Orchestra, acclaimed baritone Daniel Narducci, and Paraguayan harpist Alfredo Rolando Ortiz. Appearing regularly as a soloist in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, she has also performed in Mexico, Russia, and at the World Harp Congress in Prague. She has received numerous awards, including the Lauréate prize at the Madame Dulova International Harp Competition in Moscow, and had the honor of performing for former President George H. W. Bush.
During her doctoral studies, she dedicated much of her time to researching the compositional and performance techniques of French harpist and pedagogue Henriette Renié. She recently published the translation of a biography entitled The Legend of Henriette Renié and presented a lecture on Renié’s compositions and transcriptions at the 2008 World Harp Congress in Amsterdam and the 2009 American Harp Society Summer Institute in Salt Lake City. Jaymee was recently appointed as the Secretary and Southwest Regional Director for the American Harp Society, and Chairman of the 2011 Summer Institute and National Competition of the American Harp Society, which will take place at UNT’s College of Music. She obtained her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from the University of Arizona with Dr. Carrol McLaughlin, and her Doctor of Music degree from Indiana University, studying with Distinguished Professor Susann McDonald.
For further information, please visit www.TheProfessionalHarpist.com.